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LESSON TEXT
Gen. s: 10, I7-Io.
/. Now the serpent was more subtitle
than any beast Of the field which the
Lord God had made. And he said un-
| to the woman, Yea. hath God said, We
shall no. eat of every tree Of the gar
den2
And the woman said unto the SER
pent. We may eat of the fruit of the trees
Of the garden:
1. but Of the fruit of the tree which is
iii the midst Of the garden, God hath
said, Ye shall not eat ofit, neither shall
[ ye touch it, lest We die.
d. And the serpent said unto the wo-
man. We shall not surely die:
S. For God doth know that in the day
We eat thereof then YOUR eyes shall be
opened; and We shall be as gods. know
ing good and evil.
6. And when the woman saw that the
tree aUaS good for food. and that it z0fs
pleasant TO the eyes. and tree TO be de-
sired To make one mise, she took of the
fruit thereof and did eat, and gave al
so unto her husband with her; and he
did eat.
II ~ ~
IL. And unto Adam he said, Because
! thou hast hearkened unto the voice Of
thy wife. and hast eaten of the tree. of
| which commanded thee. saving. Thou
/ shalt not art of it: cursed is the ground
| for thy sake: il sorrow shalt thou eat u
| ii all the DAYS of thy life.
4 lis. Thorns also and thistles shall it
bring forth to thee and thou shalt eat
the herb Of the field
! 10. In the sweat filthy face shalt thou
eat bread. thou return unto the groun l.
| for ont of it vast thou taken !; for dust
thou arr. and unto dust shalt thon re-
turn.
ILLUSTRATIVE APPLICATIONS.
The serpent was more subtitle than
any beast of the field Nv. ID Satan does
| his work in decritiul and roundabout
| wav His most efficient agents are as
4 covert and as insinuating as they are
determined and persistent. Persons
/ who expect to see Satan with horns and
hoofs. or to be repellcd BY the presence
Of whoever represents Satan. are in
greater danger of being overcome bv
| his unsupported einissaries. Satan does
less through infidel lectures than
I through teachers who serve him in the
livery Of the court of Heaven who
profess TO be Satan's opponents. while
they preach and practice in the line Of
his desires. It Is not alone the openly
vicious who are to be viewed with sus-
picion: it is also those who, with fair
show Of integrity, are slyly undermin-
ing the faith and misleading the minds
OF the weak and susceptible.
4 4. ~ ~.
How much of evil can Turk in simple
question A question will sometimes
set person thinking and doubling in
i its direction. when he would Instantly
reject an assertion in the same line
4 IF how should hear companion say,
Your father is not as kind as other ia
Tiers he would rouse up deny ii in
4 dignantly. But if he were asked
4 Won't your father let YOU 90 ont even
i ings like other boys r" or, "Doesn't
1 your fither love you enough to get
YOU bicycle. when all the other fell
/ lows have them I" it might be that the
! poison of those Devil-prompted ques-
tons would be ait work in that BOYS
mind until he came to doubt whether.
4 after all. his father was as good and
4 loving as he had supposed him to be.
Beware how YOU tempt others to evil
thinking. or to unbelief, by questions On
points where they have been at rest *
and where it would be well for them to
4 rest.
And the serpent said, Z. We
shall not surely die wa. Said a,quaint
New England preacher: Beware of Ri
bic commentators who are unwilling to
take Gods words just as they stand.
The first commentator of that sort was